Mobility & Aids To Daily Living

Many people take getting about for granted but if you’re living with illness or disability it can be a real challenge. Even if you don’t face issues with mobility, some daily activities can present their own challenges.

In both cases, small changes can make a big difference. Here you’ll find information on who to contact to get help with mobility and improving your home environment to make things easier.

Your GP and Occupational Therapy

To obtain aids or equipment contact your G.P. for referral to the Community Occupational Therapist, or contact the Occupational Therapy Team for the area you live in using the details below:

Droitwich

Telephone: 01905 681035

Evesham

Telephone: 01386 502325

Malvern

Telephone: 01684 612636

Pershore

Telephone: 01386 502019

Worcester

Aidis Trust

The Aidis Trust was founded in 1975 to help disabled people communicate more easily and effectively through technology. Assistive technology involves hardware adaptations and/or software solutions, for example, larger keyboards, head pointers, switches and specialist software ranging from ’cause and effect’ software to more advanced software designed to gain full control of a computer through voice or manual switch input.

Blue Badge Scheme

The Blue Badge scheme is for people with severe mobility problems. It allows Blue Badge holders to park close to where they need to go.

The scheme operates throughout the UK and is managed by local authorities, who deal with applications and issue Blue Badges. For details of who to contact to apply in your local area, visit the website below.

Care and Repair Worcestershire

If you need advice, support or practical around the home, Care and Repair Worcestershire may be able to help. They are a home improvement agency that provides help to elderly people, people with disabilities and those on a low income who need to repair, improve or adapt their homes.

They are part of the Focus Housing Group and their work is supported by Worcestershire County Council and the six district councils within Worcestershire. Their service is open to all irrespective of whether you own or rent your home

TFH (Special Needs Toys)

Disabled Facilities Grant

A Disabled Facilities Grant is a grant from your local council to help towards the cost of adapting your home to enable you to continue to live there. It can be used for widening doors, installing ramps and improving access in general. See Care and Repair Service above.

Disabled Living Foundation

DLF is one of the UK’s leading health charities. They provide expert and impartial advice to people of all ages, helping them find equipment to assist in the everyday tasks essential to independent living.

Mobility Vehicle Hire

Mobility Vehicle Hire Companies supply specifically adapted vehicles to cater for the needs of disabled drivers and passengers. Vehicles can be hired on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and they provide a door-to-door delivery and collection service across the UK.

Adapted Car Hire

Allied Mobility

Wheelchair Vehicles

Motability

The Motability Scheme enables disabled people to obtain a car, powered wheelchair or scooter to improve their mobility. This is in exchange for either their Higher Rate Mobility Component of PIP or their War Pensioners’ Mobility Supplement.

For further information and to make an application under the scheme contact them using the details below.

Shopmobility UK

Shopmobility UK support affiliated local schemes who provide mobility scooters to people with disabilities that enable them to access local shops and amenities. There are several schemes within Worcestershire – find them below:

Adapt It

Remap

Remap offers custom made aids for people with disabilities. They operate through a network of volunteers. The professional engineers, technicians and craftspeople along with medical and paramedical staff from community services and hospitals support each other